Directed by:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleCinematography:
Marcel CombesComposer:
Bernard GérardCast:
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Frankeur, Jean Négroni, Michel Constantin, Pierre Zimmer (more)Plots(1)
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave inspector, Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Lino Ventura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087082_605393.jpg)
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
![Paul Meurisse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/354/354071_244a68.jpg)
Paul Meurisse
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Army of Shadows (1969)
![Raymond Pellegrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280842_bd93e2.jpg)
Raymond Pellegrin
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
![Christine Fabréga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/733/163733412_2e4ae3.png)
Christine Fabréga
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
Second Wind (1966)
![Marcel Bozzuffi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271813_011703.jpg)
Marcel Bozzuffi
France
Best movies:
Daisy Town (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Z (1969)
![Paul Frankeur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456061_a1d415.jpg)
Paul Frankeur
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
![Jean Négroni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/491/491634_bd8ca7.jpg)
Jean Négroni
Algeria
Best movies:
I... For Icarus (1979)
Second Wind (1966)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
![Michel Constantin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272333_101d86.jpg)
Michel Constantin
France
Best movies:
Le Trou (1960)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
Second Wind (1966)
Pierre Zimmer
France
Best movies:
And Now My Love (1974)
The Silent One (1973)
Second Wind (1966)
![Denis Manuel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354146_5c4e5f.jpg)
Denis Manuel
France
Best movies:
Flic Story (1975)
Second Wind (1966)
The Milky Way (1969)
![Albert Dagnant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436923_54e4e7.jpg)
Albert Dagnant
Algeria
Best movies:
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
The Big Restaurant (1966)
Second Wind (1966)
![Albert Michel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809440_d3874e.jpg)
Albert Michel
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Evidence in Concrete (1958)
![Pierre Grasset](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247536_a885d1.jpg)
Pierre Grasset
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Second Wind (1966)
Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
![Sylvain Lévignac](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677407_9dd7fa.jpg)
Sylvain Lévignac
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1982)
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Marcel Bernier
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
![Jean-Claude Bercq](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886111_a6bedb.jpg)
Jean-Claude Bercq
France
Louis Bugette
France
Best movies:
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Régis Outin
Best movies:
Second Wind (1966)
![Raymond Loyer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/396/160396797_4573ef.jpg)
Raymond Loyer
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Second Wind (1966)
Je vous ferai aimer la vie (1979)
Roger Perrinoz
Best movies:
Second Wind (1966)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Pétain (1993)